May I ask where you purchased it? I have fond the Panasonic slim slot drive for 70 at two differnt sites (new egg and another) but both are out of stock and everywhere else is charging upwards of a 100 dollars

Let's see...
I estimate that I've spent 1000 hours over the past 4 years reading MP3Car.com and building my machine. I bill myself out at $60/hr (I know, cheap) so that would come to $60,000.
Minus hardware, coffee, and pizza expenses, of course.